Will Poulter Quotes

I get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things.

Ideally, you end up going to auditions not because you want a job but because you want to try out a character.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

For me, I love auditioning.

I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.

When I found out about the audition, I knew that I was going in for 'From Dusk Till Dawn,' but I actually didn't know that I was going to be reading with Robert Rodriguez.

I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.

I've tried to take roles with great demands.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

I think it's so hard to get really, really strong parts where the actress can act. It's rare.

I just auditioned for 'The Wire' like I just auditioned for any other job.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

When I got the audition for 'Big Little Lies,' I knew this project was going to be different than anything I'd ever done. That didn't change the way I approached the role.

The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.

For me to take a role, I read a script, and I think, 'Wow, I don't know how I'm going to do this, but I want to try.'

I'm an actor and I'm able to do a lot of things and play a lot of characters.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

I have had to give auditions for every film I had done until 'Dedh Ishqiya.'

Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.